In this powerful, vibrant biography, award-winning creator Duncan
Tonatiuh sheds light on the legacy of a legendary capoeira player,
Mestre Bimba, who resisted racial oppression through art and turned
a marginalized practice into a global phenomenonA meia lua whooshed
in the air. The strike was evaded and followed with an aú.Two
young men were playing capoeira in the middle of the roda. Bimba
wanted to play, too.Although it is debated when and where
capoeira—an art form that blends martial arts, dance, acrobatics,
music, and spirituality—originated exactly, one thing is certain:
in the early 20th century, Brazil was the only country in the world
where capoeira was played, and it was mainly practiced by people of
African descent. In 1890, two years after Brazil officially
abolished slavery, the game was outlawed. Wealthy, lighter-skinned
society feared and looked down on capoeira, seeing it as a game for
malandros—what people in power called the poor Black communities
they disdained. But in the early 1920s in the city of Salvador, a
man called Bimba would advocate for capoeira, and those who
practiced it, to be treated with dignity and the respect it
deserved. Duncan Tonatiuh’s lyrical prose and beloved
illustration style, inspired by pre-Columbian codices, tell the
story of arguably the greatest capoeirista of all time, who fought
to turn a misunderstood, persecuted Afro-Brazilian activity into a
celebrated art practiced by millions around the world. In 2014, the
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO) named capoeira an Intangible Cultural Heritage of
Humanity, a distinction awarded because of the game’s promotion
of social integration and the memory it holds of the struggle
against historical oppression. From an award-winning
author-illustrator, Game of Freedom is a stirring celebration of
solidarity and resistance through art.
General
| Imprint: |
Abrams Books for Young Readers
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| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
August 2023 |
| Authors: |
Duncan Tonatiuh
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| Dimensions: |
229 x 279mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
48 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4197-6458-5 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
1-4197-6458-6 |
| Barcode: |
9781419764585 |
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